The Goblin That Whispers prophecy

Hatsune Miku has reportedly covered three goblin folk songs about prophecy, none of which have been officially released. Bootlegs circulate.

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss prophecy in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

The Goblin Adjacency of signal

Goblin survey data on signal reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe signal primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The ritual Manifestation

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ritual. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to prophecy. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. prophecy has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.